The power of advertising: a threat to our way of life
- Category: Society, culture and politics
- Written by Justin Lewis
- Hits: 13750
By
“Keep Calm and Carry On” was the fashionably arch, post-ironic catchphrase for Phase One of the Financial Crisis. Its popularity as a motif first on posters and then on every conceivable kind of merchandise peaked during the period following the critical moment in September 2008 when Lehman Brother collapsed and the entire international banking system teetered on the edge of an abyss.
Essay by Alan Finlayson on Maurice Glasman - He is being hailed as an intellectual guru for the Labour Party.
Philip Pullman's recent speech opposing plans to shut public libraries.